Annenberg Classroom

Annenberg Classroom offers a wide array of educational resources under a single umbrella, including curricula, lesson plans, multimedia programs in both video and audio formats and other teaching materials.
The web site includes discussions with Supreme Court Justices, experts and educators from around the world. Search by keyword, by subject area or by state to find one of the richest sets of online teaching aids and professional development materials available in a single location.

Only a quarter of Americans can name all three branches of government, the poorest showing on that question in a half-dozen years, a new survey on civic knowledge has found. The GOP presidential candidate was known to only 84 percent of the public.READ MORE

Ellis Island, formerly the entry point for millions seeking a new life in America, will host the swearing-in of more than 300 immigrants as new citizens on Friday, Sept. 16, in one of many events celebrating Constitution Day.READ MORE

For Constitution Day, Annenberg Classroom has released a video on the First Amendment and a free press and re-released another about civil liberties and the detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II.READ MORE

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was an originalist in his approach to the Constitution. In a 2008 video for Annenberg Classroom, he and Justice Stephen G. Breyer discussed theories of interpreting the Constitution.READ MORE

Annenberg Classroom and other partners in the Civics Renewal Network will take part in the National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference in New Orleans, the nation’s largest social studies conference.READ MORE